The Martial Unity

Kane nodded, activating a breathing technique. His Martial Heart bloomed into full blaze, empowering his entire body.

"Woah…" Kane murmured as he glanced at his entire body with amazement. "This is incredible!"

Rui smiled at his excited reaction. "Ah, just some heads up, there's some things that you should know."

Rui proceeded to tell him everything that Senior Sarak told him when he first broke through to the Senior Realm. These were important cautions and warnings that every Martial Senior needed to know.

"Wait, I die faster when I use the Martial Heart?" Kane gaped.

"Yep," Rui nodded. "Theoretically if you used the Martial Heart all the time, you'd live a fraction of what you would otherwise live; which is to say a normal human lifespan. But pretty much no Martial Senior needs to."

"No one told me this!" Kane complained.

"If you don't like it, don't use it," Rui shrugged. "Martial Squires live a long time, not to mention there are longevity potions that you could get your hands on. If this were disclosed to Martial Squires, far fewer Martial Squires would break through to the Senior Realm, which is why the upper echelons of Martial Art do not disclose this information. The Panamic Martial Federation gets really pissed, apparently. Remember that."

Kane heaved a sigh. "Fair enough. It isn't that big a deal, even if it is a bummer. By the way, any clued about what it takes to get to the Master Realm?"

Rui considered the question for a moment. He recalled what Master Reina had told him about the disclosure of the Master Realm, there weren't any strict norms, and each Martial Master was to use their judgment for whether a Martial Senior was ready.

Rui had no idea on whether Kane was 'ready' or not. Maybe they judged it based on how close to their limits Martial Seniors were without relying on the Martial Senior.

early would lead them to neglect their Martial Body and Heart, resulting in

He wasn't entirely sure.

do," Rui informed him. "If you still want me to, then I don't mind telling you right here and

highly vested interest in seeing one of its native prodigies and youngest Martial Seniors reach the Upper Realms, so they

"…If that's the case, then it's fine. I've just ascended into the Senior Realm, I know if you tell me now, I'd probably fixate on that too much. I'd rather acclimatize myself for some time and get used to this powerfully. It'll probably take me weeks before I feel fully comfortable fighting with it. Care to be

busy," Rui heaved a sigh. "Several important matters

worries," Kane was unperturbed. "I'll just commission someone from the

afraid not so soon," Rui shook his head. "You're

"Why not…?" Kane frowned.

I took a risk just telling you and helping you break through, but returning a Martial

up on Squire Kane returning as Senior Kane. Given how prolific intelligence networks

would be hounded by everybody

the gravity

his Martial Heart leaping a

Rui pushed a little notebook and a map to Kane. "This is

Laniakea Caves?" Kane

town in that part of the Beast Domain, protected by a

through the notebook nodding

Gotcha."

it," Rui